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Jeffersonville Star

Location

Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1914

Page

5

Mycogene Disease of Mushrooms and Its Control

Washington reports a fungal blight harming cultivated mushrooms reducing yields in some houses from 30 000 pounds to under 1 000 pounds annually. The Mycogene disease causes white velvety caps and decayed tissue. fumigation helps but infection can return from contaminated tools. Remove diseased material, disinfect with formalin spray, and prevent reinfection to save mushroom crops.

Washington, D. C Pennsylvania Paris United States U. S. Department of Agriculture France

Doan's Kidney Pills Promote Kidney Health

Helpful words from a Jeffersonville citizen urge relief for back and kidney pains. Mrs. J. Keatier of 428 Illinois Ave credits Doan's Kidney Pills with easing loins pains and toning the system after long suffering. Priced 50c at all dealers.

Jeffersonville Doan

Cave Man Begins Wild Immersion in Oregon Mountains

Boston artist Seseeh Knowles travels to southern Oregon with Prof. Waterman to live in the forest without civilization gear or food. He aims to clothe himself from wilderness, learn fire from friction, and possibly kill or tame mountain lions to prove humans can live off the land.

Boston Grants Pass Ore Oregon California Seseeh Knowles Mass Knowles Maine T.T. Waterman University of California Maine Woods

Denaturing Rule Aims to Bar Spoiled Food from Food Use

The U S Department of Agriculture issues a rule requiring any spoiled food to be denatured before interstate shipment. Denatured items may still be used in tanning fertilizer or machinery oils, but cooking use is prevented by salt kerosene or coloring. The policy mirrors grain alcohol denaturing for arts use to stop edible potential.

Washington, D. C U. S. Department of Agriculture

Borax Prevents Fly Breeding

Washington reports that Department of Agriculture specialists found that daily sprinkling of borax on manure prevents typhoid and house fly breeding. The same use on garbage refuse open toilets damp floors in stables cellars or markets stops fly eggs from hatching. Borax does not kill adults or stop egg laying but prevents further breeding.

Washington D. C Department of Agriculture

Road Experts Study Convict Camps in Washington DC

A joint arrangement between the Office of Public Roads and the Public Health Service will study convict camps and the use of convict labor in road construction and material preparation. States increasingly favor convict labor for public works over consumer goods production, and the study aims to determine best practices and implement improvements.

Washington, D. C Office of Public Roads Department of Agriculture Public Health Service

Fragmentary OCR Insights Prompt Safety Note

The readable content is unclear and fragmented, offering no coherent event, names, dates, or places to summarize into a news item. No identifiable subjects or actions appear to warrant a proper T and S pair with factual basis.

Charms Protect European Rulers and Spanish Opal Story

A long feature reviews royal superstition around the number thirteen with European monarchs paralleled by Czar Nicholas I and a tale of the Spanish opal linked to Alfonso XII. It recounts the opal’s deadly reputed influence through successive wearers from Queen Mercedes to Queen Christina and beyond, ending with a romantic twist involving Queen Ena and a Moroccan tale.

London King George H. B. Duryea Durbar II John Ward Whitelaw Reid Edward Nicholas Russia Vatican St. Petersburgh Moscow Bernard Tatnauer Radautz Bukovina Orient Spain Alfonso XII Comtesse de Castiglione Alfonso Comtesse Mercedes Christina Infante Maria del Pilar Almudena Madrid Ena Morocco Ishaq Battenburg

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